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François Casgrain
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Ducks * François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos * François Bonlieu (1937–1973), French alpine skier * François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor * François Clemmons (born 1945), American singer and actor * François Corbier (1944–2018), French television presenter and songwriter * François Coty (1874–1934), French perfumer * François Coulomb the Elder (1654–1717), French naval architect * François Coulomb the Younger (1691–1751), French naval architect * François Couperin (1668–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise
Françoise () is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the English Frances or Italian Francesca) and may refer to: * Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress * Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress * Françoise Adnet (1924-2014), French figurative painter * Françoise Ardré (1931-2010), French phycologist and marine scientist * Françoise Arnoul (1931–2021), French actress * Françoise Atlan (born 1964), Moroccan singer * Françoise Balibar (born 1941), French physicist and science historian * Françoise Ballet-Blu (born 1964), French politician * Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (born 1947), virologist and Nobel Prize winner * Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780), French painter * Françoise Bertaut de Motteville (c. 1621–1689), French memoir writer * Françoise Beaucournu-Saguez (1936–2000), French entomologist * Françoise Bertin (1925-2014), French actress * Françoise Boivin (born 1960), Canadian politician * Françoise Bonnet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Blanc
François Blanc (; 12 December 1806 – 27 July 1877), nicknamed "The Magician of Homburg" and "The Magician of Monte Carlo", was a French entrepreneur and operator of casinos, including the Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco. His daughter, Marie-Félix Blanc, Marie-Félix, married Prince Roland Bonaparte. Early life François and his twin brother Louis were born on 12 December 1806. Growing up in a small town, they were impressed every time a circus came to town. The show seemed so interesting and simple, so they followed the circus to learn all the tricks of the trade. The boys were dreaming of becoming rich and successful and learned much by working different jobs. Career The brothers started to work in gambling businesses in Marseilles and earned some money. They then decided to develop their own business and started to speculate in government pensions and real estate development. They soon attracted attention to their business and were arrested, but their sentence was short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Englert
François, Baron Englert (; born 6 November 1932) is a Belgian theoretical physicist and 2013 Nobel Prize laureate. Englert is professor emeritus at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where he is a member of the Service de Physique Théorique. He is also a Sackler Professor by Special Appointment in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University and a member of the Institute for Quantum Studies at Chapman University in California. He was awarded the 2010 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics (with Gerry Guralnik, C. R. Hagen, Tom Kibble, Peter Higgs, and Robert Brout), the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2004 (with Brout and Higgs) and the High Energy and Particle Prize of the European Physical Society (with Brout and Higgs) in 1997 for the mechanism which unifies short and long range interactions by generating massive gauge vector bosons. Englert has made contributions in statistical physics, quantum field theory, cosm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faf Du Plessis
François "Faf" du Plessis ( ; born 13 July 1984) is a South African professional cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team. He is considered one of the greatest fielders of all time and among the best all-format batsmen of his era. He is also regarded as one of the most tactically astute and successful captains in all formats of modern cricket. In 2015, du Plessis became the first South African to score centuries in all forms of the game. He was named as the South African Cricketer of the Year in 2019. One of the most successful international captains of his era with a winning percentage of 73.68 in ODIs, he is the first international captain to defeat Australia in Australia in all three formats of the game and defeat Australia in both Home and Away test series back to back, in 2016 and 2018. In 2016, he also became the first and only international captain to whitewash Australia defeating them 5–0 in a five match ODI series. du Plessis was ofte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faf De Klerk
François de Klerk (born 19 October 1991) known by his nickname Faf, is a South African professional rugby union player who plays scrum-half for Japan Rugby League One club Yokohama Canon Eagles and the South Africa national team. He was a member of the South Africa teams that won the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and 2023. Early life and education Born in Nelspruit (now Mbombela), de Klerk played rugby at Hoërskool Waterkloof in Pretoria. Career De Klerk was included in the squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season and made his debut in a 21–20 victory over the in Bloemfontein. He joined the Currie Cup team for the 2016 season. He joined English Premiership side Sale Sharks prior to the 2017–18 season on a three-year contract. In December 2018, the club announced that De Klerk signed a contract extension until 2023. After four seasons with the Sharks, de Klerk announced in June 2022 that he would be departing the club at the end of the 2021–22 season to join Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Couturier
François Couturier (born 2 May 1950 in Fleury-les-Aubrais, Orléans) is a French Jazz piano, jazz pianist. Biography Couturier began learning piano at the age of six. A year after earning his degree in classical music, classical piano and musicology in 1977, he met Jacques Thollot's quartet bassist Jean-Paul Céléa, with whom he formed a duo. Between 1981 and 1983, Couturier toured with John McLaughlin (musician), John McLaughlin, with whom he also recorded. Over time, he played with French jazz musicians such as André Ceccarelli, Eddy Louiss, Michel Portal, François Jeanneau and with Daniel Humair. After first meeting during the 1985 edition of the Festival de Carthage, Couturier collaborated on Tunisian people, Tunisian oud player Anouar Brahem's albums ''Khomsa'' (1994), ''Le pas du Chat Noir'' (2001) and ''Le Voyage de Sahar'' (2005), and the two have toured together several times since 2001. In 2006, his album ''Nostalghia – A Song for Tarkovsky'' was released on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
